Improvement in grain-registers



j; T. WILEY.

A Grain Register.

N0. 49,817. Patented Sept. 5, 1865.

N. PETERS Phoko-Uklwgrlphr. Washington. D,C`

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JONAS T. WILEY, OF OLAYTOIVN, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,8 I7,dated September 5, 1865.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JONAS T. WILEY, ofClaytown, in the county of Grund y and State ot' Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Registers forThrashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figurel is a perspective view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a verticaltransverse section thereof. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalgures.

This register is designed to be attached to the side of thethrashing-machine in convenient proximity to the measurer, and is to beused for keeping the tally of the number of bushels thrashed, the handlebeing rotated once for each half-bushel, and the halves and fullbushels, as well as their multiples, being indicated by index-figuresand otherwise, as will be fully described, so that at the end ot'thrashing that job the result may be read off and the ngers, Sto.,brought back again to the zero-point, ready for another tally.

In order that others skilled in the art to which myinvention appertainsmay be enabled to fully understand and use the same, Iwill proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

A is a rectangular box, which is attached by angle-straps, screws, or inany other suitable manner to the thrashing-machine, so as to be handy tothe Ineasurer, who watches the fall of grain from the spout under theshoe into the half-bushels and empties them into the granary or sack, asthe case may be. Half-bushels are almost universally used for thispurpose, and it is the practice to score them each time, so that twoscores count a bushel, and the tally is kept by leather washers upon awire hung on nails to the side of the machine, a washer being moved toleft or to right for each halt'- bushel; or itis kept by means of pegsin a board provided with holes in a zigzag series to represent the halfand full bushels, and another peg and row of holes for tens, and anotherfor hundreds. Several other plans are used which are not known to me,and which it might be needless to describe.

On the side of the box A is a crank, B, with handle O, and a shaft, D,carrying a projec tion, E, upon it, which as it revolves deiects thespring F, and as it passes from it causes the spring to strike theshaft, making a snap.

On the shaft D is a worm, which gears into the cogs of a wheel, G, whichis attached to a shaft, H, set at right angles to the shaft D, the shaftH having a worm which acts upon the wheel Ion the shaft J, which, inconnection with the shafts K L, carries a strap, M, which is hundreds,up to a thousand or more, if required. On the end of the shaft'H outsideof the box -is an index-finger, N, which revolves one-twentieth of arevolution for each revolution ofthe handle C, and the dial ismarkedfrom the zero to ten, with half intervals,making twenty points, torepresent that number of half-bushels. The end of the shaft J is alsoprovided with an index-linger, O, which revolves within a circle offigures representing from'ten to two hundred bushels, by which it willbe seen that it bears the same relation as to speed to the index-fingerN that the said N did to the handle O- namely, l to 20.

On the side of the box is a door, I), which slides back to allow thenumber to be read upon the strap, which revolves within, being driven bythe revolution of the shaft J, which is provided with pins to keep thestrap from slipping.

It is desirable to make the registry of the half-bushel audible andpalpable, so that there shall be no mistake in the hurry of business,and this is fully accomplished by the snap of the spring against theshaft as the projection E slips past the end of spring F.

When a certain job of thrashing is concluded and the result booked orpaid for, it is necessary to get all the indices back again to thezero-point, so as to start fair on anotherjob. This is accomplished bymeans ofthe slotted plate Q, which moves in a notch in the cap of thebox, a pin, R, traversing the slot and act ing as a guide. The platebeing raised and the spring F drawn back, the plateis lowered into thespace between the spring' and the shaft D, so that the latter may beturned backward withmarked with a series ot' figures representingv outthe projection comin g in contact with the top of the spring.

Without changing the position of the plate in the manner described, thehandle cannot be reversed so as to rotate in the Wron g direction, andthe tally cannot be falsified by accident or design, excepting by thespecial adaptation of the parts. It is particularly designed to preventthe turning ofthe handle in the Wrong direction by those unaccustomed toit or forgetful or careless.

To run back the strap which counts by hundreds to its zero-point, theshaftL is unshipped by removingits journal along the groove S so as tobe able to withdraw the shaft altogether and allow the loose tape orstrap to be adjusted.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The registering apparatus, substantially as described, consisting ofthe crank, shafts,

wheels, and indices, in combination with the projection on the shaft andthe snapping spring, which audibly indicates the scoring and preventsthe revolution of the shaft in the Wrong direction.

2. The combination of the plate Q with the spring F and shaft D, bywhich the machine may be run in the reverse direction when the plate isinterposed to prevent the engagement of the projection E on the end ofthe spring F.

8. The arrangement of the shafts J K L and the strap M, with the openingin the side of Ithe box, and the unshipping-slot S, substantially asdescribed.

The above specification ofmy improved grainregister signed this 25th dayof February, 1865.

JONAS T. WILEY.

Witnesses:

ALEXR. A. C. KLAUCKE, EDWARD H. KNIGHT.

